Year 3

Year 3 Curriculum Projects

YEAR 3 PROJECT - Through the Ages

In the Through the Ages project, your child will learn about three different periods of British prehistory: the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. They will discover terminology relating to time and sequence dates to make a timeline. They explore the changes to people, homes and lifestyle throughout the different periods and investigate examples of prehistoric settlements, monuments, burials and artefacts in detail. They will also study how technology improved over time, including how the discovery of different metals changed the way that people lived.

Memorable Experience: 'Prehistoric visit'

Geography: Human features; Stone Age monuments

History: Historical vocabulary; Prehistory; Stone Age; Bronze Age; Iron Age; Chronology and timelines; Everyday life; Tools and weapons; Settlements; Stonework and metalwork; Religion and beliefs; Wealth and power; Invention and ingenuity; Evidence and enquiry

This project is also supported by mini projects in; 

Science: Skeletal and Muscular Systems

Art and Design: Prehistoric Pots

Design and Technology: Cook Well, Eat Well

Computing: lessons derived from D.A.R.E.S

Music: lessons derived from Kapow

PE: lessons derived from TeamThemeKent

PSHE: lessons derived from JIGSAW content

RE:  lessons derived from Kent SACRE scheme and Cornerstones RE projects 

 

More information about the Year 3 Curriculum can be found in the YEAR 3 Long Term Plan 2024-2025  document found below.

Year 3 Key Information

In Year 3, PE lessons are timetabled for Tuesday (Tennis) and Wednesday (Tag Rugby)

Please make sure kits are in school and earrings are removed.

 

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English

W/c 8th September 2025

This week we will commence the Year 3 Place Value of Grammar and Punctuation unit.  We will consider:

  • Collective nouns
  • Partitive nouns
  • Noun review
  • 'to be' verbs; and
  • Complete our first reading comprehension on 'how to train a dragon'.

 

Spellings

We have 3 spelling groups:

  • Acorns
  • Conkers; and
  • Pine Cones

Information on your child's spelling group is in their reading record.

 

Spellings will be given on Wednesday 3rd September and dictation is on Tuesday 9th September 2025.

This weeks' phoneme is 'ay'

 

Acorns

make

came

made

same

take

rain

wait

mail

main

plain

aid

say

day

way

eight

eighty

Conkers

paper

favourite

became

capable

enable

eight

eighty

weigh

weight

they

obey

grey

survey

Pine Cones

paper

favourite

became

capable

enable

eight

eighty

weigh

weight

they

obey

grey

survey

grate

male

plane

display

always

holiday

Maths

 

W/c 8th September 2025

This week we will continue with our place value unit.  We will:

  • Represent numbers to 1000
  • Partition numbers to 1000
  • Flexibly partition numbers to 1000
  • Consider 100s, 10s and 1s
  • Find 1, 10 or 100 more or less

Please encourage your child to access Times Table Rock Stars at home. Their log in is the same as their Numbots log in. Their focus should currently be on the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

 

Below are links to Infinity quizzes to help further embed in class learning.

https://infinity.whiteroseeducation.com/Home 

Number lines to 100

School code: SLR - JJW

Quiz PIN: 76 - 17 - 89

 

Additional Information

Children need their reading book in school every day. 

 

Due to the changeable UK weather, please send your child to school with a coat each day.

 

Please make sure that no personal toys/teddies etc make their way in to the classroom.

 

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We encourage the children to:

  • Read every day for at least 15 minutes.
  • Spend 15 minutes on TTRS or Numbots.
  • Access their spellings on Spelling Shed